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A "Golden Age" for Athens?
The 5th century BCE was a period of great development in Ancient
Greece, and specifically in Athens. The development of so many cultural
achievements within Athens and the Athenian Empire has led scholars to
deem this period a "Golden Age." It is true that his period had many
achievements, but in the light of the Athenians treatment of women, metics
(non-Athenians living in Athens), and slaves it is ....
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.... re-established Athens's glory and while some Athenians
criticized the projects as too lavish, most Athenians enjoyed the benefits
of the program. A major benefit to the Athenian people was that there was
an abundance of work in the polis.
The 5th century BCE was also an important time for Athenian
thought. "Sophists," paid teachers, taught rhetoric amongst other subjects
to wealthy Athenian citizens. The Sophists were criticized by Athenians
who thought that Sophists w ....
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